Hose clamp



Sept 7, 1954 G. s. WILSON 688,498

HOSE: CLAMP Filed 0st. 8, 1951 l N ENToR.

MW f/ M Patented Sept. 7, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to hose clamps and, more particularly, to novel, simple and ecient means for providing a fluid-tight seal between a hose member, of compressible material, and a nipple or coupling of relativelyrigid material.

This invention has particular applicability for incorporation in hose assemblies defining ilexible lines for transmitting fluids, whether liquid or gaseous, under pressures and vacuums from very low to very high values.

For example, this invention, on the one hand, may be applied in the assembly of flexible lines such as hose lines, wherein fluid pressures are relatively low as, for example, household garden hose, automobile radiator hose or flexible lines feeding fuel or like fluid. On the other hand, it has particular applicability where fluid pressures or suction values are relatively high in the following branches of industry: in hydraulic crcuits, where hose assemblies are required for hydraulic controls in machine tools, farm implements, aircraft, road building equipment and power machinery; in the automotive and marine elds, where flexible lines are required for hydraulic and lubrication lines; in refrigeration and air conditioning elds, Where flexible hose assemblies are required forl fluid pressure and suction lines; in aeronautical fields, where fuel, oil or other fluid is distributed at various pressures from low to high pressures, or at suction from low to high values; and in activities where hose assemblies of considerable diameter are involved, namely re hose, refueling hose and suction hose used in connection with hydraulic pumps in mining and analogous operations. f

Among other features, the invention hose coupling may be re-used. For example, should a coupled hose become broken, the invention coupling can be removed, the damaged hose section cut off, and the coupling re-applied to the undamaged hose section. Thus, a burst plastic hose 4can be repaired, which has hitherto not been generally possible.

The invention coupling can be used in place of the present screw clamp couplings used on automotive radiator hose, being just as easily secured to the hose ends. Furthermore, it can be easily applied to service air hoses, replacing the present factory applied clamp coupling which can only be replaced with special equipment.

In contrast to present commonly used hose couplings, the present invention provides a novel hose clamp which may be quickly and easily applied either as new or replacement equipment. Specifically, a metal collar is provided having internal surface engagement with a flexible hose tted over a rigid nipple or fitting. The collar has a radial aperture of substantial axial length and with a pair of non-radial, preferably substantially parallel walls. This collar is placed over a hose fitted onto a relatively rigid nipple or fitting having external ridges between its ends and a relatively large diameter rib or shoulder on its inner end. The end of a lamentary member such as a wire or strap of predetermined diameter or thickness, is then introduced into the aperture and inserted between the hose and the collar. As the collar is turned relative to the hose, the wire or the like is drawn through the aperture and between the hose and the collar, deforming the hose Wall between the nipple or fitting and the collar. The tting ridges bite into the hose wall and the wall material compressed against the fitting outwardly of the large inner end rib effectively locks the parts together. The number of wire convolutions is determined by the length of the radial aperture, and a tight sealing t of the hose against the nipple is effected by the hose wall compressing effect of the wire. The clamp is easily released by reversing the relative rotation of the hose and collar, which withdraws the wire outwardly through the collar aperture.

For an understanding of the invention principles, reference is made to the following description of a typical embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. l is an elevation View of the invention hose clamp arrangement;

Fig. 2 is an axial sectional View thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a diametric sectional view thereof on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is illustrated as utilized to sealingly clamp a cornpressible material hose I9 to a fitting or nipple I5 having ridges I6, intermediate its ends, a large diameter rib I'I, at its inner end, a wrench receiving shoulder I8, and a threaded outer end I9. Hose I0 has a fluid passage ll receiving the inner end of nipple or fitting I5.

The clamp includes a collar 20 having an inturned flange 2| at its outer end. The circumferential wall 22 of the collar has a radial opening 23 extending throughout a substantial part of the length of wall 22. Opening 23 has circumferentially spaced edges 24, 26 which are substantially parallel to each other but are nonradial. Edges 24, 26, in effect, form an inwardly sloping leading edge and an outwardly sloping trailing edge when collar 20 is rotated.

In the preferred method of assembling the clamp upon the hose, the nipple I5 is inserted through the end aperture of the collar 20 dened by the flange 2I, so that the inner rib I1 of the nipple projects slightly beyond the mouth of the collar with the shoulder I8 of the nipple resting against the ilange 2|. This unit is then applied to the.r open; end of a. hose I witlr the nipple being urged into the hose passage I I, while the collar passes over the outer periphery of. the hose, the rib I'I of the nipple being at all'v times in advance of the free end of the collar 20,.

and both nipple and collar being maintained in the aforementioned relationship as the nipple and collar are fitted onto the free: end of. the. hose:

I0 (see Fig. 2).

The clamping is completed by feeding the end-` of a rllamentary member 25, such as a copper wire, into recess. 23 and. beneath edge 26. As the: collar' 20; is'` rotated. clockwise, as viewed in Fig:l 3, wire 2.5. passes: through aperture 23. and is wrapped around hose I0 beneath. wall. 22. of collar. 2.0.. The. wire thus deforme. the hose wall into iirrrr interlock. with barbs L62 and. between sleeve 22 and. rib Il, thus compressing the hose into frminterlocking engagement. with nipple Izf, the number ofv wirev convolutions being primarily determinedby the length of aperture 23. Tio release the clamp, the rotation of collar. 20. is reversed-,. causing wire 25 tofeed. outwardly through. recess 23.

While a. speciiic embodiment ci; the. invention hasbeen shown4 andv described in. detail to illustrate the application. of the invention principles, it will be understood. that the invention. may. be embodiedY otherwise without. departing` from such principles.

What is claimed is:

1. A coupling. for a compressible cylindrical walled hose comprising, in combination, a relatively. rigid, substantially tubular fitting, having an. inner end. engageable in the end of the hose, said inner end having a. plurality of axially spaced and axially outwardly facingcir.e cumferential projections intermediate its length, deforming portions of the hose wall outwardly, andan out-turnedflange at` its` innermost end having a diameter substantially greater than. that of said projections;. a. cylindrical collar having a smooth substantially cylindrical inner surface whose diameter is substantially equal tothe outer diameter of the. hose and greater than the outer diameter of said. projections,- and whoseA length is less than that. of the. inner. end. of.. said 4 fitting, the inner end of said collar being substantially radially aligned with said out-turned flange when the collar is assembled on the hose; said collar having an inturned annular iiange at its outer end whose inner diameter is greater than the diameter of said out-turned flange, whereby said collar may be slipped over the end of the hose; the circumferential wall of said collar having a substantially rectangular radial aperture therethrouglrI extendingr through aV minor fraction of the wal-1" circumference and having a length substantially equal to the longitudinal extent of said projections, one longitudinal edge of said aperture being non-radial and sloping inwardly and downwardly under said circumferentialv` wall;y and a exible substantially noncompressible wirev having an end insertable beneath such sloping edge adjacent one end of theV latter and a diameter at least equal to the radial height of said projections; the length of said. aperture being. greater' than the diameter of said1wire.; wher.eby, asisaidcollar is rotatedy with such sloping. edge; leading. and said. wire. fed helicallysaid. Wire: will feed: between they smooth inner cylindrical surface of; said collar and the cylindrical, outer surface of. said hose forming a single layerL of adjacent. helical convolutions throughout thelength. of said aperture compressibly, deforming the hose wall tightly over the projections on saidtting to lock said itting to said hose., the. compressibly deformed hose material axiallyY outwardly of. said out-turned flangey formingy aiirm-.abutment preventing withdrawal of. said fittingl from; the hose until the wire is withdravrn4 through. said. aperture by reverse. rotation of said collar.

2.. in coupling, as; claimedl in: claim. 1 in which the opposite:l longitudinalv edge of. said aperture is non-radiali and: sloping upwardly and. out.- wardly to-:feedf the wireout. through.I said aperture as the collar is; retated.Y in` the oppositedirection to.' unwindl the. wire convolutions.`

lteferences1 Cited in; the iilev of; this. patent UNZITEDi STATES4 l?AFI'EINFIKEI'Av Number Name DateA 139662368 Williams July 1U; 1'934 2',l43`;279' Osborn J an. 10, 1939 FOREIGN. PATENTS.

Number Country Date 1695920 Great Britainy Oct. 13, 1-92'1' '7371398 France Oct; 10; 1932 Il-9,973: Germany Apr'. 2l, 1942 

